Mary Jo Foley reports: Microsoft is working on a project codenamed “Bali,” which is designed to give users control of data collected about them. The project is a Microsoft Research incubation effort and seems to be in private testing at this stage. I learned of the existence of Bali in a tweet from “Longhorn,” which…
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Supreme Court weighs whether to hear first challenge to Roe vs. Wade since Kavanaugh joined bench
David G. Savage reports: The Supreme Court on Friday weighed whether to hear a case involving the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision, the first direct challenge to abortion rights the court has faced since Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh took his seat. The case involves an appeal from Indiana, which seeks to enforce a state law…
First GDPR fine in Portugal issued against hospital for three violations
Dr. Ana Menezes Monteiro writes that Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo has been fined 400,000 euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation. The country’s regulator, Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados, found three violations of the GDPR: — a violation of Article 5(1)(c), a minimization principle, by allowing indiscriminate access to an excessive number of users,…
Austrian Data Protection Authority Validates Paid Subscription Model as a Viable Alternative to Ad Tracking
Nicholas Shepherd and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On 30 November 2018, the Austrian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) decided that the website of an online media publisher – which offers users a choice between consenting to advertising cookies or paying for a subscription – gives users a free choice that is compatible with the requirements of…